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Chinese Carbon Road Bikes => Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components => Topic started by: nabilou on April 29, 2026, 01:37:21 PM
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hello guys and girls,
i m looking for a 3D carbon saddle.
i'm hesitating between the lightcarbon SD02 and the ryet RT03, what are your advices my friends?
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I find the texture of Ryet's 3D saddles to be way too grippy and basically painful. Saddle sores galore. Almost preferable to just go bare carbon personally, as long as you can find the right shape.
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I highly recommend the Ryet saddle https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005006774719031.html (https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3PnhVt5) for a couple of reasons:
- Quality/Price comes first. I don't have the same model, but I know it well. I've had another Ryet saddle for over a year, as mentioned in a previous post, and it's the best I've ever tried.
- YouTuber Road Cycling Academy talked about the Ryet saddle in this video https://youtube.com/watch?v=eEHANkH8cls (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEHANkH8cls), which I recommend watching. He praises the quality of the TPU, its excellent density management, and its sturdiness.
I think it's a solid purchase, especially considering the excellent reviews on Alix.
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Atleast for me (but seen it being mentioned elsewhere also) the 3d printed saddles eat through bibs a lot faster - still due to the comfort I use them though.
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i would buy one from ryet simply because they have a good repitation and a lot of variations, the lightcarbon one looks a lot like the ryet aircode. i use a rt03 and you can feel that its not a full cutout but its very comfortable, i switched from a selle with a full cutout that i bought because it was reccomended all over youtube but it gave me really bad hotspots